General Riddles

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

What has an eye but can not see?

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

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